NASA Photo ID: STS035-28-022       File Name: 10063952.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 12/10/90
  Title: STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdropped against Orion nebula
  Description:
  STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating 
  configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter 
  Vehicle (OV) 102. To the right of the ASTRO-1 components is the Orion
  nebula.  Three ultraviolet telescopes are mounted and precisely coaligned
  on a common  structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the
  instrument pointing  system (IPS).  Visible here are the star tracker (S
  TRK) (silver cone at the  far left), the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
  (HUT), and the Wisconsin  Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE)
  (at top right).              
  Subject terms:
  ASTRO MISSIONS (STS)                    
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION                  
  ORION NEBULA                            
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  POSITIONING                             
  SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY                    
  STS-35                                  
  ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES                  
  

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